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From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: PC/IX, anyone?
Message-ID: <0.259A52F4@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 89 12:52:10 EST
Organization: FidoNet node 1:120/129 - Starship Enterprise, Ann Arbor MI

Well, I've finally gotten annoyed enough with MS-DOS to want to do
something about it.  I'd like to run Unix on the system, but
unfortunately, all the versions of Unix that are being sold these days
like a fast 286 or 386, plus a big disk and lots of RAM to run.  I only
have an 8MHz V20 machine, and I don't have the money to upgrade to a 386.
(I can't even buy a 386 system board and just "drop it in", because I have
a Zenith Z-148, which uses a special small-footprint case, and doesn't
take standard-size motherboards, power supplies, etc.)

Well, I heard that IBM once sold a System III Unix for the PC/XT, called
PC/IX.  This seems like just what I need for a small, single-user Unix
system.  Since it ran on the XT's 10MB hard disk, it shouldn't take up too
much space.  Does anybody have a copy of this laying around, with manuals,
that they'd be willing to part with?  I'm willing to go up to about $50
(plus shipping), but please let me know even if that isn't enough.

--  
Marc Unangst                          | "The only limit to our realization of
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